"Anger is said by the sages to be "a short madness" that carries the mind away and can be many times more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
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"Anger is said by the sages to be "a short madness" that carries the mind away and can be many times more hurtful than the injury that caused it. But other sages say "noble anger" makes any coward brave and brings back..... strength." This, quoted from the book, accurately describes the depiction of anger from the human experience. Anger is a universal behavior, with similar facial expressions and feeling throughout every human culture. Whether anger is personally perceived as "a creator of more hurtful reaction than the initial injury that caused it," or as "a state which makes any coward brave and brings back strength," all relates to the personal method one has in dealing with anger itself. Many articles and books on aggression in our society advise that "even hostile" outbursts can be better than bottling up anger. "When irritated, should we go ahead and curse, tell a person off,...


